Kanglaonline reports that three persons, including two women, were
injured in a bomb explosion
at Mayotang in Ukhrul District
at 7.50pm on July 18. The
explosion took place at the
residence of one TS Boonson
who works as a village level
worker at Ukhrul Block Developemnt
Office (BDO). The injured
persons were identified as
Boonson’s mother Ruth, his
brother Terek and sister-in-law
Chaini.
Meanwhile,
a hand grenade was recovered
at a drain near the residence
of a retired Police inspector,
identified as Okram Shamungou,
of Kwakeithel Laishram Leikai
in Imphal West District at
around 10 am on July 19. Police
bomb experts later detonated
the grenade safely.
Also,
the All Manipur Recognised
Schools Welfare Association
on July 19 organized a sit
in protest in front of the
Pari Emom Singdam Sang School
Langjing gate decrying a bomb
threat on the school on July
17. The principal of the school,
S Memcha Chanu said unidentified
persons had threatened the
school security guard using
guns. But the grenade was
found only in the late evening
around 8pm the same day, which
was later retrieved by the
Police, she informed.
Further,
a sit-in-demonstration was
staged on July 19 at Moirang
hemam Leikai community hall
in connection with monetary
demand served by Nongdrenkhomba
faction of Kangleipak Communist
Party-Military Council (KCP-MC)
to Light Commercial Vehicles
Transport Society, reports
The Sangai Express. Society’s
joint secretary Premchand
Mayengbam stated that, on
July 9, a demand note of INR
400, 000 was placed at the
office of the Society by unknown
person(s) suspected to be
militants of the KCP group
with July 20 as the deadline
to cough up the amount.
Meanwhile,
an Imphal pressure group set
up recently to protest against
the alleged abduction of a
Government contractor by suspected
Nationalist Socialist Council
of Nagaland-Isak-Muivah (NSCN-IM)
cadres decided on July 17
to launch an agitation from
July 20 (today) if the outfit
fails to resolve the matter,
reports The Times of India.
The whereabouts of a contractor
identified as Irabanta remained
untraceable since he left
his house on May 27. | 
